Peak bloom has been cut short for the District’s signature pink and white blossoms. In a post on the X platform Tuesday, the National Park Service (NPS) said Monday night’s storm blew many cherry blossoms off the trees,

Massive crowds gathered at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., to witness cherry blossom trees at full bloom.

Stock/Getty Images Plus Spring in D.C. is all about one thing: cherry blossoms. The district’s iconic trees were first planted back in 1912 when the Mayor of Tokyo, Yukio Ozaki, gifted 3,000 yoshino cherry trees to the city.